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Stuart Whatley

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Stuart Whatley is Senior Editor at Project Syndicate and co-author, with Nicholas Agar and Dan Weijers, of How to Think about Progress: A Skeptic's Guide to Technology (Springer Cham, 2024).

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  1. The Techno-Realist Manifesto
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    The Techno-Realist Manifesto

    Nov 28, 2024 Nicholas Agar & Stuart Whatley question the widespread belief that all our biggest problems will soon succumb to engineered solutions.

  2. Technology and Organized Labor
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    Technology and Organized Labor

    Mar 11, 2024 Nicholas Bernards, et al. consider what recent breakthroughs in AI and other fields will mean for the labor movement.

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    Europe’s Economy Is Stalling Out

    Kenneth Rogoff explains why the EU’s long-term economic slump is not likely to end anytime soon.
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    The Techno-Realist Manifesto

    Nicholas Agar & Stuart Whatley question the widespread belief that all our biggest problems will soon succumb to engineered solutions.
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    Has Angela Merkel No Shame?

    Sławomir Sierakowski marvels at the former German chancellor’s denial of her own role in Europe’s current malaise.
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    Is America the Next Soviet Union?

    Harold James sees parallels between the United States’ political dysfunction and that of its twentieth-century adversary.
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    A New Chance for the Middle East

    Richard Haass

    It is said that US President Richard Nixon was able to reach out to Mao’s China because he alone didn’t have to worry about Nixon. Much the same now applies to Donald Trump, who, unlike Joe Biden, is viewed as a friend by Israel’s right-wing government.

     sees hope for long-term ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza if political leaders recognize their own interests.
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    The Unpleasant Surprises That Await Trump

    Moisés Naím thinks the US president-elect – and his voters – are in for a rude domestic and international awakening.
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    Trump’s Return Is an Opportunity for India

    Arvind Subramanian urges Indian policymakers to align themselves with the incoming US administration’s economic agenda.
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    Is the G77 the Future of Multilateralism?

    Adekeye Adebajo thinks the bloc’s ability to forge global coalitions positions it to lead international resistance to Trump.
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    The Democrats’ Only Option

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Although a variety of factors seem to have contributed to Donald Trump’s victory in this year’s US presidential election, the message for the defeated Democrats is clear. The party must abandon neoliberalism and return to its progressive roots in the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.

     urges the party to reconnect with its New Deal and Great Society roots.

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